NHS
Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician
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Job Description
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- Assist in the preparation and dispensing of prescriptions.
- Support the pharmacy team in delivering high-quality patient care.
- Participate in medicines optimisation and management tasks.
- Engage in patient-facing activities, providing advice and support under supervision.
- Maintain accurate records and ensure compliance with legal and professional standards.
- GCSE Grades A-C in English, Maths and Science
- Be willing to enrol on Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician accredited course
- Excellent IT skills
- Experience working in a primary care setting
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF and enhanced services
- An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners
- Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
- Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
- Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
- Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
- Flexible and cooperative
- Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Able to finish work tasks
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance and health and safety
- GCSE Grades A-C in English, Maths and Science
- Be willing to enrol on Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician accredited course
- Excellent IT skills
- Experience working in a primary care setting
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP practices, QOF and enhanced services
- An appreciation of the new NHS landscape including the relationships between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners
- Ability to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct
- Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
- Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
- Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
- Flexible and cooperative
- Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Able to finish work tasks
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance and health and safety
Job summary
As a Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician, you will work under the supervision of registered pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and our dispensary team to gain practical experience and develop the skills necessary for registration. This is an excellent opportunity to learn and grow in a supportive environment.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
About us
Oakfields Health Group is a dynamic and forward-thinking practice and dispensary committed to providing exceptional healthcare services to our community. We are currently seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic trainee Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician to join our team.
Details
Date posted
06 August 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£9 an hour
Contract
Apprenticeship
Duration
24 months
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
A0061-25-0006
Job locations
Hamsterley Colliery
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne & Wear
NE17 7SB
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
The post holder is a Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician (PTPT) and is an integral part of the general practice team, working within their professional boundaries.
This role will work under the supervision of the GP Partners and Pharmacy team to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients.
They will provide technical and administrative support to the clinicians.
The PTPT will support the organisations clinical teams with queries regarding medication from patients.
The PTPT will complete audits regarding patient safety in the prescribing of medication and present the information for sharing with the clinical team.
The PTPT is to assume the following key responsibilities in delivering health services.
a. Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective
medicines use through shared decision-making conversations with
patients
b. Conduct medicine optimisation tasks including effective medicine
administration (e.g., checking inhaler technique), support medication
reviews and medicines reconciliation. When required, utilise consultation
skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their
medicines effectively
c. Support, as determined by the organisation, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local community pharmacists
d. Provide specialist expertise, when competent, to address both the public
health and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, service
information and help in tackling local health inequalities
e. Maintain a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients
f. Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate
antibiotic prescribing
g. Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive
schemes and patient safety audits
h. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services
Job responsibilities
The post holder is a Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician (PTPT) and is an integral part of the general practice team, working within their professional boundaries.
This role will work under the supervision of the GP Partners and Pharmacy team to ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medication to patients.
They will provide technical and administrative support to the clinicians.
The PTPT will support the organisations clinical teams with queries regarding medication from patients.
The PTPT will complete audits regarding patient safety in the prescribing of medication and present the information for sharing with the clinical team.
The PTPT is to assume the following key responsibilities in delivering health services.
a. Undertake patient facing and patient supporting roles to ensure effective
medicines use through shared decision-making conversations with
patients
b. Conduct medicine optimisation tasks including effective medicine
administration (e.g., checking inhaler technique), support medication
reviews and medicines reconciliation. When required, utilise consultation
skills to work in partnership with patients to ensure they use their
medicines effectively
c. Support, as determined by the organisation, medication reviews and medicines reconciliation for new care home patients and synchronise medicines for patient transfers between care settings and linking with local community pharmacists
d. Provide specialist expertise, when competent, to address both the public
health and social care needs of patients including lifestyle advice, service
information and help in tackling local health inequalities
e. Maintain a central role in the clinical aspects of shared care protocols and liaise with specialist pharmacists for more complex patients
f. Support initiatives for antimicrobial stewardship to reduce inappropriate
antibiotic prescribing
g. Assist in the delivery of medicines optimisation and management incentive
schemes and patient safety audits
h. Support the implementation of national prescribing policies and guidance within GP practices, care homes and other primary care settings. This will be achieved through undertaking clinical audits (e.g., use of antibiotics), supporting quality improvement measures and contributing to the Quality and Outcomes Framework and enhanced services
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Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Oakfields Health Group
Address
Hamsterley Colliery
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne & Wear
NE17 7SB
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Oakfields Health Group
Address
Hamsterley Colliery
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne & Wear
NE17 7SB
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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